There are many attractions just steps from the venue and others that are a short drive away.  While you are in Fort Worth, make time to see some of the following:

• Downtown

  • Sundance Square is right outside the doors of the venue.You can see the great new public square surrounded by restaurants, bars, galleries, and shopping.

  • Sid Richardson Museum has a fine collection of Remingtons, Russells and other Western art, and it’s free!

  • The Water Gardens are on the south end of downtown by the Convention Center.

  • The Bass Performance Hall (4th/5th and Commerce) is a stunning 2096-seat hall, recognized as one of the ten best concert halls/opera houses in the world.  It is the home of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and a venue for world-class music and theatre performances.

     

• West of Downtown

  • The Cultural District is a short drive west of downtown, on either side of Lancaster between University and Montgomery St.It includes three world-class art museums: the Modern, the Kimbell and the Amon Carter.The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the National Cowgirl Museum are also worth a visit.

  • Further South on University you will find the Botanical Gardens, the Japanese Gardens and the BRIT (Botanical Research Institute of Texas).The Fort Worth Zoo also is in this area.

 

• Just North of Downtown:

  • A short drive up North Main Street, you will find the Famous Joe T. Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant and Fiesta Gardens--good BIG place to kick back with family style enchilada platters, fajitas and ‘ritas.  Cash only!  (They have ATM)

  • Further up Main, at Exchange you will find the Stockyards Historic District, a/k/a Cowtown, where the Fort Worth Longhorn Herd cattle drive happens twice daily.There you will find Old West themed shopping, many eateries and a few good saloons to choose from.

  • Just a bit further up Main—you will find Billy Bob’s Texas, the World's Largest Honky-Tonk, with 40 plus bars under one roof, billiards, mechanical bucking bull, dancing, and nationally known Country and Western bands.